Green Streets Resources
Below is a compilation of resources and examples of green streets projects. Click “Resource File” for the pdf version.
River Network Resources
- River Network’s Promoting Green Streets – A Recipe for Integrating Water and Transportation Infrastructure Investment guide
- River Network and Urban Water Learning Network Webinar: Green Streets: Filtering and Slowing Stormwater, Revitalizing Neighborhoods and Making Streets Safer
- River Rally Session: Convincing Your City: Manage Stormwater in Streets & Alleys presentation
- July 2015 Issue of River Voices: Green Infrastructure and Urban Rivers, Turning Our Cities Blue
General Resources
- Video: Green Streets: The Road to Clean Water
- EPA’s Green Streets website
- EPA’s Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns (G3) Program
- EPA’s Green Infrastructure website – Green Streets section
- EPA’s “Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure” Municipal Handbook on Green Streets
- EPA Guidebook: “Green Streets – A Conceptual Guide to Effective Green Streets Design Solutions”
- EPA Presentation by Dominique Lueckenhoff: “Green Streets in the Federal Government and Around the Nation: Valuable to the Nation’s Environment and Economy”
- EPA Guidebook: “Enhancing Sustainable Communities with Green Infrastructure”
- NOAA Green Infrastructure Mapping Guide: https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/gi-mapping
- Federal Highway Administration’s Sustainable Streets webpage
- Green Highways Partnership webpage
- American Planning Association Article: Green Infrastructure Rising – Best practices in stormwater management
- American Rivers’ “Stormwater Runoff and Transportation” webpage
- American Rivers Report: “Natural Security: How Sustainable Water Strategies Are Preparing Communities for a Changing Climate”
- American Rivers, Center for Neighborhood Technology, and The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative’s Guidebook: Upgrade Your Infrastructure: A Guide to the Green Infrastructure Portfolio Standard and Building Stormwater Retrofits
- Greenworks Green Streets webpage
- Low Impact Development Center’s Green Streets website
- Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns Initiative (Chesapeake Bay)
- National Association of City Transportation Officials: Urban Street Design Guide
- Natural Resources Defense Council: After the Storm: How Green Infrastructure Can Effectively Manage Stormwater Runoff from Roads and Highways
- Water Environment Research Foundation’s “Creating a Successful Green Street Program” webpage
Urban Revitalization and Green Streets Resources
- EPA Region 5 Webinar: “Green Streets as a Community Revitalization Strategy”
“Complete-and-Green” Streets Resources and Examples
- Smart Growth America/Complete Streets Coalition Green Streets webpage
- Safe Routes to School National Partnership’s Local Policy Guide
- National Association of Transportation Officials Urban Street Design Guide
- Examples:
- Baltimore, MD: Intersection of Potomac and Fayette Streets
- Boston, MA: Complete and Green Streets
- Cleveland, OH: Complete and Green Streets program
- Denver, CO: Denver Living Streets Initiative
- Edina, MN: Living Street Program
- Lancaster, CA: BLVD Living Street project
- Los Angeles, CA:
- Heal the Bay, Green LA Coalition, and Climate Resolve’s ‘Living Streets’ Initiative:
- Nashville, TN: Complete and Green Streets
- North St. Paul, MN: Living Streets Plan
- Reading, PA: Complete Streets Policy
- Richmond, VA: Walkable Watershed project
- Santa Monica, CA: Borderline Neighborhood Living Street
- Tucson, AZ: Living Streets Alliance
- Watts (Los Angeles), CA: Green Streets Project
- Salisbury, MD: Main Street Master Plan
- Takoma Park, MD: Flower Ave. Project
